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  "id": 3477667,
  "title": "Discipline or Abuse: What happens when ‘Discipline’ becomes torture? A 12-Year-Old’s harrowing tale",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/discipline-or-abuse-what-happens-when-discipline-becomes-torture-a-12",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T09:07:52.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/discipline-or-abuse-what-happens-when-discipline-becomes-torture-a-12-year-olds-harrowing-tale/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "She was twelve years old. Her crime? Taking a key and some money that did not belong to her. Her punishment? A metal key dragged across her back, her arms, under her armpits, until she bled. Then a knife to the back of her hands.",
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        "title": "Discipline or Abuse: What happens when ‘Discipline’ becomes torture? A 12-Year-Old’s harrowing tale",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/discipline-or-abuse-what-happens-when-discipline-becomes-torture-a-12-3486188",
        "published": "2026-08-26T10:04:46.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}